How the NHS and industry can join forces with data to save lives
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How the NHS and industry can join forces with data to save lives
The NHS and industry are often "problematic partners". The relationship between both parties has often been challenging with the NHS a...
Five things the NHS and Industry must prioritise in executing the NHS’s data strategy
ZPB’s aim has always been to increase collaboration, accelerate innovation and transform healthcare. We don't believe any one sector or...
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- May 23, 2013
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“Why hospital failure is fine, but passing is not”
We’re pleased to see one of our directors, Alex Kafetz, featured in the HSJ-online today. You can read Alex’s article, on Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of high mortality rates, by clicking here. #alexkafetz #hsj #ZPBltd
- Oct 23, 2012
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Tim Kelsey reveals his plans at exclusive CHN event
Last night saw the beginning of the exciting ZPB – CHN partnership, with the much anticipated exclusive Tim Kelsey event – “Making the NHS the best customer service in the world”. Over the course of the evening Tim, the new National Director for Patients and Information in the NHS, presented a “first look” into his proposed work programme, discussing his plans for increasing transparency, data and participation. His talk was followed by an extended Q&A session, with questions
- Oct 22, 2012
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Cambridge Health Network get a new look
ZPB have been working with The Cambridge Health Network (CHN) to build their new website. This is an important milestone for the CHN-ZPB partnership, and marks the start of the ‘new CHN’. Over the last eight years, CHN has organised more than 50 events, attracting over 120 speakers from around the world to talk to our select 1,000 members from across the public and private healthcare sector. CHN is now expanding to host a diverse range of events. Look out for our blog post to
- Jul 24, 2012
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The Descriptive Data Camera
Photo Credit: Matt Richardson The Descriptive Camera provides a rethink on traditional photography. Instead of producing a photo, it describes what it sees. We loved the idea of interpreting something so differently – viewing data from a unique angle. It’s what we do every day. #ZPBltd #ZPB #thinkoutsidethebox #datainterpretation #ZPBAssociates #infographic #Data
- Feb 24, 2012
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ZPB gets HaH shortlisted for two HealthInvestor awards
Congrats again to the team at Healthcare at Home, who have been shortlisted for not one but two awards at this year’s HealthInvestor awards, after we wrote their submission. This follows HaH’s triumphant win earlier in the year for another award, for which we also wrote their entry. It just doesn’t seem fair to the competition… #ZPBltd #ZPB #HealthcareatHome #Healthcaremarketing #ZPBAssociates #HealthInvestorawards
- Feb 16, 2012
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ZPB to organise two fringe sessions at NHS Confed
It may seem like an age away, but behind the scenes here at ZPB we’re gearing up for another very busy year at NHS Confed. Party planning is in full swing (and yes, it will be bigger and better than ever), and we’ve been given the go-ahead to organise two of the eight fringe sessions available this year. Expect big names and some seriously slick marketing that will knock your little confed socks off. #ZPBltd #ZPB #Healthcareconferences #Healthcaremarketing #nhsconfederation #
- Feb 3, 2012
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NHS leaders convene at flagship summit in London
We’ve been busy bees over here at ZPB, organising an inaugural two-day conference for 120 senior NHS leaders; including a rather impressive 86 board level members from 26 trusts around the country. Delegates got the chance to listen to Shivinder Singh of Fortis Health India share his insights on innovation in healthcare, network with colleagues and engage closely with a team of healthcare experts in a series of interactive workshops; a winning combination that helped make the
- Jan 30, 2012
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Introducing the QMS Health Check Focus brochure
It’s not easy making data a thing of beauty, which is why we’re so pleased to present the new QMS Health Check Focus brochure, produced on behalf of data experts (and thoroughly nice folk) Quality Medical Solutions. QMS Health Check Focus enables PCTs to centrally implement and manage the NHS Health Check programme, ensuring that every step – from sending out the invites to notifying a patient’s GP – is as quick and easy as possible. Making IT systems fast, effective and intu
- Jan 19, 2012
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Healthcare at Home win a national award
We’d like to wish a huge congratulations to Healthcare at Home, who yesterday won a national award at the Patient Experience Network awards 2011! The awards recoginse innovation and excellence in patient experience across the UK. With attendees all the way from bonny Scotland it was a hotbed of best practice, as well as fiercely contested! Healthcare at Home won the Continuity of Care award for their Family Liaison Service, a clinical service model that provides 247 care for
- Jan 19, 2012
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Report by ZPB gets a shout out
Remember we mentioned that Healthcare at Home had gotten a write up in the Daily Mail? Well the article also referenced a report we wrote for them entitled Hospital care at home: supporting independent and healthy lives. It says; “A recent report for Healthcare At Home — Britain’s largest provider of home medical care — estimated £1 billion a year could be saved by the NHS if the scheme was extended and more patients treated in their own homes.” It’s a report that really gets
- Jan 18, 2012
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Healthcare at Home nominated for patient experience award
Two pieces of good news for our friends over at Healthcare at Home. Firstly, they’ve gotten a brilliant write-up in the Daily Mail by journalist, Rachel Ellis, who explores the feasibility of receiving complex clinical treatments at home. Her piece follows on from Mike Farrar’s comments in the Telegraph about how we need to ditch the outdated ‘hospital-or-bust approach’ and find more cost-effective and innovative ways of treating people, in particular by treating them at home
- Dec 23, 2011
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2011: Our best bits
At ZPB base camp we’ve done a quick round up of a fantastic year. Here are a few of our many highlights: Confed: New friendships were formed and old ones renewed at the daddy of all conferences in June. Oh and of course there was that party, still to be trumped as best party of the year (although we welcome worthy contenders). Relocation relocation: When you move in next door to one of fashion’s most fabulous divas you know you’ve made it. Christmas carols, excitable dogs and
- Dec 13, 2011
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ZPB gets rad
ZPB would like to congratulate Alliance Medical on their new website, launched this month. ZPB provided the content in the articles section on the area for professionals, including an article on the rise of social media among radiology professionals, 40 years of Computed Tomography (CT) and an interview with Cancer Research’s professor Kevin Brindle on advances in MRI and cancer treatment. #ZPBltd #ZPB #Healthcaremarketing #Healthcarewebsite #ZPBAssociates #AllianceMedical
- Dec 12, 2011
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Beacon UK website launched
We’re proud to launch the Beacon UK new website today. New to this side of the pond, Beacon UK was set up here to work with private medical insurers, commissioners and providers to improve the delivery of health care for people with mental health problems. Psychiatrist Emma Stanton is the Chief Executive of Beacon UK and her energy and passion will make Beacon UK the company to watch in 2012. Working with designers design to communicate, we have re-worked Beacon’s brand ident
- Dec 8, 2011
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ZPB in the HSJ
ZPB got a mention in the HSJ this week. Were we asked for insightful commentary on why trusts have so many readmissions? Or whether we agreed with the judges’ opinion that Lord Howe is the 6th most influential person in the NHS..? No, not quite. But endgame did pick up the story on this site about mistaken identity at the BBC. Still, baby steps and all that. #hsj #ZPB #ZPBAssociates #ZPBltd
- Dec 1, 2011
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Schoolboy error at the BBC
We’d like to congratulate our colleagues at Dr Foster Intelligence for the coverage they achieved following the publication of their Hospital Guide. Seemingly though the BBC graphics team weren’t fully briefed, either that or they can’t tell their tennis champions from their data people. #ZPBltd #ZPB #HospitalGuide #drfoster #BBC #ZPBAssociates
- Nov 28, 2011
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Dr Foster Hospital Guide published today
The Dr Foster 2011 Hospital Guide has been published today. It raises some serious questions about care received by patients at weekends in 147 hospital trusts. The report was written by ZPB’s Alex Kafetz, with Dr Foster, and highlights a 10 per cent spike in deaths compared with weekdays in these trusts. With 15 press interviews by lunchtime, ZPB’s Alex has supported Dr Foster with its press coverage. This year’s 2011 Dr Foster Hospital Guide looks set to be one of the most
- Nov 21, 2011
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ZPB report part of an award-winning PR campaign
Exciting news at ZPB headquarters. We recently wrote that PR company, Journalista, had been shortlisted for a PRCA award for their campaign on behalf of Patient Opinion. As part of that campaign we produced this report highlighting what patients think of our NHS – It’s honest, thought-provoking and, as it turns out, award-winning! Journalista waltzed off with the Evaluation award on the night, and of course ZPB were there to celebrate. We kicked back and enjoyed a cheeky tipp
- Nov 8, 2011
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ZPB report part of a shortlisted PR campaign in PRCA awards
We are absolutely thrilled that our friends at Journalista have been shortlisted for three (yes, three!) awards in this years PRCA awards, the Oscars of the PR world. One of the awards is in the ‘Evaluation’ category for their PR campaign on behalf of Patient Opinion, for which we were commissioned to write this report. It’s a no-holds-barred look at what the people that matter – patients – really think about our NHS, and makes for informative and occasionally surprising read
- Nov 1, 2011
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The good guide to exhibiting
It’s conference season again, and everyone’s looking to make new friends and get some hints and tips from the best of the best. To make sure you make the most of your conference schedule, read on for ZPB Associates’ Good Exhibitor’s Guide. More is (sometimes) more In these times of austerity it can be tempting to slash costs in order to boost profits, but in the long run this can be counterproductive. Investing in a decent-sized exhibition stand in a central location will get
- Oct 20, 2011
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Breaking down barriers between staff and residents
This week we were privileged to be invited to visit a new state-of-the art dementia unit at the Nightingale care home in South West London. The Wohl Wing was designed in partnership with Bradford University and looks every bit as warm and inviting as your own home – if you too had a handy team of experts to take care of the cooking, cleaning and childcare. Opened in August 2011, every aspect of the ward – from the carpets to the loo seats – has been designed with dementia in
- Feb 10, 2011
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Joint replacement: how to build financially sustainable services
The second HSJ Change Forecast, with analysis from US company Sg2 explains how trusts can implement optimised pathways in primary hip and knee replacement care to ensure a financially sustainable and patient-friendly service. http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/change-forecast/joint-replacement-how-to-build-financially-sustainable-services/5025384.article #ZPBltd #Changeforecast #ZPB #NHSsavings #hsj #Sg2totalhipandkneereplacements #Sg2 #Totaljointreplacement
- Feb 9, 2011
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Wise words from patients
To mark the launch of their new website, the ZPB team and PR agency Journalista worked with Patient Opinion to codify hundreds of patient stories to find out what compelled them to write about NHS services. 1 in 3 patients perceived a problem with staff attitudes; 1 in 4 thought miscommunication between staff and patients was a problem; 1 in 5 patients still see waiting times as a major issue and 1 in 7 were compelled to post stories about cleanliness. You’ll no doubt have s
- Nov 11, 2010
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Saving £800m in COPD inpatient care
US analytics company Sg2 and and HSJ have launched the Change Forecast – an online resource delivering in-depth analysis on future opportunities for improvement and cost savings in the health service. And the ZPB team has been helping them make this happen. The first feature focuses on COPD and explores how a proactive approach to care pathway management could save over £800m on COPD inpatient care alone. Read more #HSJChangeForecast #ZPBltd #ZPB #zpbzpbltdHSJHSJchangeforeca
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